Wei Research Group

Discovery at the interface of organic chemistry, nanoscale materials, and living systems.

Welcome to the Wei Research Group webpage! Our mission is to develop molecular and nanoscale systems with unique physical properties or biological functions. Organic and materials synthesis offer a powerful and creative synergy for addressing problems of fundamental scientific importance and technological impact.

12/2012 Alex serves as guest editor for the Journal of Controlled Release (special issue on current challenges in drug delivery):

7/2012 Wei group members survive a night in the woods with a giant raccoon, and each other:

5/2012 Two students from the PULSe program have joined our group, Nigam Arora and Jianxin (Jason) Wang. Welcome!

5/2012 Congratulations to Zhao Tang, B.S. 2012 with honors! Zhao will commence his graduate studies in Chemical Engineering this fall at Rice University, in Texas.

4/2012 Pa Padungros starts his tenure-track position at Chulalongkorn Univ. in Bangkok, Thailand, while Hyon-min Song makes the commute between UCLA and KAUST in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Wei group goes international!

4/2012 Alexei Leonov is now a senior chemist at Cabot Microelectronics, in Chicago.

11/2010 Yan Zhao has a position at the Institute for Metals Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Shenyang, China).

11/2010 Three new members have joined our research group: Hari Khatri, Naveen Kadasala, and Dr. Mini Thomas. Welcome!

10/2010 Congratulations to Dr. Jie Liu on her successful thesis defense! Jie is conducting postdoctoral research in art conservation, at the Indianapolis Museum of Art!

9/2010 We welcome Dr. Zhenguo Chen, from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.

7/2010 Congratulations to PhD graduate, Dr. Quy Ong! Quy leaves at the end of month to start his postdoctoral research at MIT and the �cole Polytechnique F�d�rale de Lausanne (EFPL), in Switzerland.

9/2009 Our group is awarded a $1 million NIH Research Challenge Grant (RC1) to study tumor growth dynamics using multifunctional nanoparticles, in collaboration with the Boppart group at the University of Illinois. Of more than 20,000 proposals, fewer than 4% were selected to receive a Research Challenge grant.

7/2009 Our paper on gyromagnetic imaging is featured on the cover of JACS. Click here to experience the podcast!